Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-02
Amendment Number One"
"Amendment Number Two"

Amendment Number Three"
The words "For the" must precede
each of these lines if voted for affirm
and the words "Against the"
must precede each line when the
ballot is inte nded to be against said
amendments. The ballots must be
in the usual form. A list of the poll
ing places ap pears daily in the HER
AID.
The first amendment provides for
seven Just ices of the Supreme Court
Of this State, to be elected at large at
the general State elections. The
present Justices of this court are to
hold office for the full time for which
they were elected. The Justices
shall elect one of their number as
Chief Justice, who shall hold office
for two years. Thereafter Chief
Justice shall be elected at the end OF
each period OF two years. The court
shall consist of two departments, as
at present, and the Chief Justice can
preside over either department and
over the court in banc.
Amendment Number Two provides
that the salary Of Justices of the Su-
preme Court shall be $500 per annum,
and the Supreme Court Commission
ers $4,000 annually. The Superior
Court Judges of San Francisco, Ala
media, Los Angeles, Santa Clara,
Yuba and Sutter combined, Sacra-
mento, Butte, Nevada, San Diego,
San Bernardino, Colusa and Tehama
counties shall receive salary OF
5000 per annum. The Judges OF
Tulare, Monterey, Sonoma, San Joa-
quin counties shall receive salary Of
$4,000. All the rest of the Superior
Court Judges shall receive $4,000 an
nual salary.
Amendment Number Three pro-
vides that any city containing popu-
lation of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants may frame a
charter for its own government agree
ably to the constitution of the State,
by electing fifteen freeholders who
shall have been five years or more
qualified electors, whose duty it shall
be to prepare and propose a charter
for such city. Said charter is to be
filed with the Mayor and Recorder of
Deeds and published in two daily pa
pers of general circulation in said
cities. The charter is to be submitted
to vote OF the qualified voters Of
such cities within thirty days from
the time OF publication of the same.
If a majority OF such voters shall
ratify the same. 1t shall be SUBJ
mltted to the Legislature for it's ap-
proval or rejection as whole with
out amend ment, and if approved by
majority OF two-thirds Of both houses
it shall become the organic law of
such city and supersede all former
charters. A copy OF said charter
shall be filed with the Secretary of
State and recorded in the Office of
the County Recorder and then de-
posted with the City Clerk. Said
charter may be amended at the end
of period OF two years by the usual
submission to a vote Of the people.
Cities of more than ten thousand and
not more than one hundred thousand
may proceed in similar
manner. In submitting such charter
or any amendment thereto, any al
article or proposition may
be voted for separately without preju-
dice to others. In conversation with
. large number of citizens they ex-
pressed themselves warmly in favor
of adopting Amendment Number
Three as necessity for our growing
city. The readers of the HERALD
will find the full text of these amend.
ments in the advertising columns OF
this journal from day to day.